Thomas meikle



(No Medal.)

T. MEIKLE.

- ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

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THOMAS MEIKLE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS MEIKLE & 00.,OF SAME PLACE.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 303,307, dated August12, 1884-.

Application filed DccemberQG, 1883. (No model.)

To all? whom i[; may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MEIKLE, of Louisville, in the county ofJetiersouaml State; of Kentucky, have invented a new and which thepecially designed for use inagricultural fairs,

mechanical expositions, dc.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, Figure l isa perspective elevation, and Fig. 2 is avcrtical section.

The same letters are employed in both figures in the indication of thesame parts.

The device maybe given such configuration as best pleases the taste. Ireprcsentit in the general outward form of a capstan; but it may.

be represented as a tower or other figure. The essential parts are thebase A, supporting the annular track A, which, in the case illustrated,represents an annular trough filled with earth. The body B rests in themiddle of the base, and the ring B at least rotates either independently or as illustrated, together with the body B. To the ring the bars0 are fastened, so as to rotate with its revolution immediately over thetrack and carry adjustable clamps G,.to which the models Dare attached.In the case illustrated these models are of machines intended to act onthe earth, such as plows, cultivators, graiirdrills, seeding-machines,harrows, the. in such case the clamps C may be arranged so that theywill or will not follow in the track of the preceding machine, as theiruse may suggest; and in such case also the earth should be soft andpulverized, so that the ma chines may open and act upon it eachaccording to its kind. The track may be hard for the exhibition of suchmachines as are iptended to run on the surface, such as wagons, reapers,mowers, rollers, hay-rakes, &c.

played advertisements or any ornament, and on the surface there may besuspended such small implements or parts as are adapted by their size tobe so exhibited; or it may be otherwise ornamented according to taste.

The body may be rotated by any convenient means. One means I have shown. The body B is carried upon the central vertical sh aft, B, on whichis a beveled wheel, F, driven by the corresponding pinion, G, whichreceives mo tion from the pulley 11 on the same shaft; but thismechanism may be modified according to circumstances. Instead of havingthe ring B rotate and the track stationary, an equivalent arrangcmentwould be to cause the track to rotate and the model to be held; but themore natural and appropriate arrangement is the one shown.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. An advertising device consisting of an annular track, a rotatingcarrier, and a series of models'of machines on the track for exhibitingthe action of the machines when in pracsubstantially as set forth.

As witness my hand in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

THOS. MEIKLE.

In presence of- .T. SPEED PEAY, Geo. W. ANDERSON.

On the top E of the body 'may be dis-

